VIDEO: British PM reiterates call for Independent probe

VIDEO: British PM reiterates call for Independent probe

October 28, 2010   10:31 am



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British Prime Minister David Cameron reiterated in parliament that whatever said and done an independent inquiry should be conducted into the alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka. Cameron said this answering a question raised by Siobhain McDonagh MP during Prime Ministers Questions.


 

McDonagh made the query in light of the PR agency Bell Pottinger which is alleged to have been employed by the Sri Lankan Government to conduct an image building campaign in UK.

 

 

Excerpt from UK parliament Hansard;

 

Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab): As a former PR man, does the Prime Minister agree that no matter how much Bell Pottinger tries to spin the Sri Lankan Government, the demands for an international independent war crimes tribunal intensify as more evidence of alleged assassination and civil rights abuses comes out?

 

 

The Prime Minister: The hon. Lady makes a fair point. We need to see an independent investigation of what happened. Everyone has read the papers and seen the TV footage, but we need an independent investigation to work out whether what she suggests is right.



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